Faculty of electrical engineering,University of Ljubljana, LDOS

Blood transfusion centre ofSlovenia

Mobile multimedia terminal in Blood Transfusion practiceUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical EngineeringMarko Meža B.Sc., Andraž Jere M.Sc., prof. Jurij F. Tasič Ph.D.

Tržaška 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Blood transfusion centre of SloveniaMarko Breskvar M.Sc., prof. Primož Rožman Ph.D.

Šlajmerjeva 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Motivation

Elimination of common administrative errors in blood transfusion processAdministrative errors can be fatal (wrong blood for wrong patient)

Every supermarket has better informatisation support

Starting points

Introduction of tracking system into hospitals info systemSystem compatibility

existing systems future view

Multiple areas of usage modular system structure enables simple portability and scalability

System is adaptable to the area of usageSystem is adaptable to the users

Personalization

Simple usage (self-explanatory GUI functions)

Example of an application – blood transfusion

Complete traceability of the blood transfusion processElimination of the administrative errorsInformatisation of specific steps of the transfusionUsage of the mobile and stationary terminals supporting the process

Doctors make orders at the bedside rather than in their office

Comprehensive backup of the hemovigilance Every step is logged and can be reviewed

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Main idea – Identification, traceability

IDs of all the elements, participating in the process are electronically readable and connected in a database. That minimizes errors.

Proposed system services 1/2

User authentication and securityData storage and access (to more than one database) About patients About procedures (therapy, dignosing

process) Online manuals

Process traceabilityDefines and prescribes process – eliminate errors

Proposed system services 2/2Remote decidion making support

Automatic 2nd opinion

Communication between users Notifications to the users Urgent messages More formats

Picture Speech (sound) Text “Whiteboard”

User groups Expert groups Common interest groups

System modules

Security, authorisationUser interfaces (terminals, GUI)Data basesClient server connectionsData acquisitionData processingTraceability

Practical system - idea

Practical system implementation - architecture

Some details

Services are available via the mobile or stationary terminals

Everything participating is equipped with unique human and machine readable ID.

Application topology